Full Text of HB3837 099th General Assembly
HB3837 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB3837 Introduced , by Rep. Jerry F. Costello, II SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Recreational Trails of Illinois Act. Provides that the operator of an off-highway vehicle shall not be required to display an Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp if the off-highway vehicle is operated on any private land with the permission of the land owner. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning State government.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Recreational Trails of Illinois Act is | 5 | | amended by changing Section 34 as follows: | 6 | | (20 ILCS 862/34) | 7 | | Sec. 34. Exception from display of Off-Highway Vehicle | 8 | | Usage Stamps. The operator of an off-highway vehicle shall not | 9 | | be required to display an Off-Highway Vehicle Usage Stamp if | 10 | | the off-highway vehicle is: | 11 | | (1) owned and used by the United States, the State of | 12 | | Illinois, another state, or a political subdivision | 13 | | thereof, but these off-highway vehicles shall prominently | 14 | | display the name of the owner on the off-highway vehicle; | 15 | | (2) operated on lands where the operator, his or her | 16 | | immediate family, or both are the sole owners of the land; | 17 | | this exception shall not apply to clubs, associations, or | 18 | | lands leased for hunting or recreational purposes; | 19 | | (2.5) operated on any private land with the permission | 20 | | of the land owner; | 21 | | (3) used only on local, national, or international | 22 | | competition circuits in events for which written | 23 | | permission has been obtained by the sponsoring or |
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| 1 | | sanctioning body from the governmental unit having | 2 | | jurisdiction over the location of any event held in this | 3 | | State; | 4 | | (4) (blank); | 5 | | (5) used on an off-highway vehicle grant assisted site | 6 | | and the off-highway vehicle displays a Off-Highway Vehicle | 7 | | Access decal;
| 8 | | (6) used in conjunction with a bona fide commercial | 9 | | business, including, but not limited to, agricultural and | 10 | | livestock production; | 11 | | (7) a golf cart, regardless of whether the golf cart is | 12 | | currently being used for golfing purposes; | 13 | | (8) displaying a valid motor vehicle registration | 14 | | issued by the Secretary of State or any other state; | 15 | | (9) operated by an individual who either possesses an | 16 | | Illinois Identification Card issued to the operator by the | 17 | | Secretary of State that lists a Class P2 (or P2O or any | 18 | | successor classification) or P2A disability or an original | 19 | | or photocopy of a valid motor vehicle disability placard | 20 | | issued to the operator by the Secretary of State, or is | 21 | | assisting a disabled person with a Class P2 (or P2O or any | 22 | | successor classification) or P2A disability while using | 23 | | the same off-highway vehicle as the disabled individual; or | 24 | | (10) used only at commercial riding parks. | 25 | | For the purposes of this Section, "golf cart" means a | 26 | | machine specifically designed for the purposes of transporting |
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| 1 | | one or more persons and their golf clubs. | 2 | | For the purposes of this Section, "local, national, or | 3 | | international competition circuit" means any competition | 4 | | circuit sponsored or sanctioned by an international, national, | 5 | | or state organization, including, but not limited to, the | 6 | | American Motorcyclist Association, or sponsored, sanctioned, | 7 | | or both by an affiliate organization of an international, | 8 | | national, or state organization which sanctions competitions, | 9 | | including trials or practices leading up to or in connection | 10 | | with those competitions. | 11 | | For the purposes of this Section, "commercial riding parks" | 12 | | mean commercial properties used for the recreational operation | 13 | | of off-highway vehicles by the paying members of the park or | 14 | | paying guests. | 15 | | (Source: P.A. 97-1136, eff. 1-1-13; 98-820, eff. 8-1-14.)
| 16 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 17 | | becoming law.
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